Intermot show: Ducati Scrambler

The Ducati Scrambler has surfaced at the Intermot motorcycle show in Cologne, and it’s way more than just one bike.

In fact, Ducati has unveiled four takes on the Scrambler theme. The Icon version, in yellow and red, is joined by three others: Urban Enduro, Full Throttle and Classic.

The Urban Enduro, with its “Wild Green” paint job, is for enduro-style enthusiasts; Full Throttle is a nod to flat-track racing; and the Classic is catering to those with a penchant for the 1970s look but with modern comforts.

The machines will go on sale in early 2015, at the following prices:

“Presenting the new Ducati Scrambler brand means for us opening the doors to an entirely new, fascinating, and absolutely contemporary world”, said Cristiano Silei, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Ducati Motor Holding. “We have reinterpreted an iconic motorcycle, part of our history for more than 50 years, in a fully modern way, designing and building the Ducati Scrambler as if we’d never stopped making it.

“The four bikes of the Ducati Scrambler family represent starting points on a path to personalisation that will make every single Ducati Scrambler a unique, free-spirited bike as individual as the person riding it.”

Ducati isn’t calling the Scrambler a “retro bike” – instead an exercise in how the motorcycle would look today if Ducati had never stopped building it. Semantics? Maybe.

Wide handlebars and a long seat provide a comfortable, relaxed riding position. Meanwhile, the aluminium swingarm and engine covers and the steel teardrop tank and frame are combined with components such as front and rear LED lighting and LCD instruments.

An oil and air-cooled L-twin two-valve 803cc engine powers the Scrambler, with bore and stroke dimensions of 88 and 66mm.

Ducati will present the accessories range – and we expect a whopping catalogue -- for the Scrambler in November, presumably at the EICMA motorcycle show in Milan.